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SANCHEZ v. L.D.S. SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 17698.

680 P.2d 753 (1984)

Tom SANCHEZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. L.D.S. SOCIAL SERVICES, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 12, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Gotay, Ogden, for plaintiff and appellant.

Allen M. Swan, Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.

STEWART, Justice:

The plaintiff, Tom Sanchez, appeals a dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain custody of the child he fathered who, born out of wedlock, is now over three years old. The mother had given the child up to defendant L.D.S. Social Services to be placed for adoption. The district court dismissed Sanchez's petition on the ground that he had abandoned the child pursuant to the terms of U.C.A., 1953, § 78-30-4(3). That provision...

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